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		<title>New Cecil County Ethics Code Could Alter Political Landscape         [Cecil Times News Analysis]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An advisory panel has drafted an overhaul of the Cecil County ethics code that could significantly alter the local political candidate landscape, including requirements for candidates and elected officials to disclose their in-laws financial dealings. Mike Burns, the current chairman of the county Ethics Commission and [CORRECTION: an accountant], presented the draft proposal to the County Commissioners at their Tuesday 5/17/11 worksession. Burns, a Democrat, and a bipartisan panel worked to draft the update in 2009 but had to revisit the plan last year after a new state law mandated certain revised provisions and standards. Burns outlined the scope of the new ethics code, along with voluminous background information, including correspondence with state ethics officials who must review a local plan to make sure it complies with the state-mandated standards. But the newly proposed Cecil County plan goes beyond the state mandates and includes some uniquely Cecil-centric proposals, including the requirement to disclose financial information about in-laws and dependent relatives and their spouses even if they have no business dealings with county government. Some of the proposals seem to be fall-out of ethics concerns raised about former county Commissioner Brian Lockhart. Lockhart’s father-in-law, Barry Montgomery, is a well-known developer in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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